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The Lord’s Bright Blessing and Razzleberry Dressing from Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol

December 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol

For the past couple of nights, I've been finishing up some work at home and we've been enjoying a non-stop Christmas movie marathon; everything from classic adaptations of A Christmas Carol to saccarine sweet Hallmark family Christmas movies to cartoons from generations past. Tonight, I am publishing a few About.com articles and was watching Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol as I submitted the content and now, I can't stop singing about Razzleberry Dressing. I think I'm going to make a Razzleberry … [Read more...]

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Finding the Love of Your Life (or Cold Lamb Sandwiches)

December 13, 2011 By 1 Comment
Cold Lamb Sandwiches and the Love Of Your Life

I've never understood those who believe love is a weakness or somehow mutually exclusive from financial and professional success.  Mind you, I'm not talking about infatuation or being in love with the idea of love, endlessly pursuing the flavor of the week or looking for a never-ending stream of feel-good butterflies and chocolates, but actual honest-to-God love; the mature kind that gives life meaning and is etched in the deepest core of your soul; the type of love that, once you've … [Read more...]

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The Hangover II Opening Week Hype Proves that Many People Are Ignorant of the Influence of Inflation

May 30, 2011 By 2 Comments
Gone with the Wind

I loved the first Hangover movie.  I like the actors in the Hangover franchise.  But a story from The Hollywood Reporter had such an incredibly misleading passage and headline that it just irritates me because it is indicative of the financial illiteracy we face as a nation.  From the article, "'The Hangover Part II' Biggest Five-Day Opening Ever for an R-rated Pic": "Hangover," debuting last Thursday on the eve of the long Memorial Day weekend, earned $137.4 million through Monday. That … [Read more...]

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Even With The Enormous Business Plot Holes and Errors, I Love Gossip Girl (And Not Just Because We Made the Varsity Awards for the Show)

March 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Gossip Girl

I've been up working on an unspecified project until the almost daybreak each day for the past week.  You know that already. But to keep myself company as I pour over some numbers and strive to get everything I need in place to pull something off with flying success, I spent $200 buying four seasons of Gossip Girl in high definition on iTunes to watch as I work.  And I loved it.  All of the absolutely ridiculous, over-the-top absurdity. Even when there are holes in the plot, such as Chuck … [Read more...]

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Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged Part I Movie Trailer Released

February 13, 2011 By 4 Comments
Atlas Shrugged Movie Trailer

Atlas Shrugged is being made into a trilogy and the trailer for the first installment has been released.  You all know that, although I enjoyed the book immensely, I think Ayn Rand's ideas and mental models were incomplete (e.g., they ignore the component of human nature that results in oligarchical power structures eventually destroying entrepreneurship if there isn't some sort of level playing field determined by a nation's laws to act as a check and balance, much in the same way the founding … [Read more...]

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Woah … Tim Gunn from Project Runway Is Full of Righteous Anger

August 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Tim Gunn

Famous fashionisto Tim Gunn (aka papa Gunn) laid down the law tonight on Project Runway.  We thought the denouement was winding down and were ready to flip off the television before it happened.  I'm glad I didn't miss it.  It was executive power. He basically called Gretchen manipulative and said he was aghast at and baffled by her team's behavior in front of the judges.  He then said he was angry that he had to send the loser home because it should have been someone else (read: You … [Read more...]

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How to Marry a Millionaire – An Economic Update on the 1953 Film

August 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
How to Marry a Millionaire

In 1953, a great movie starring Lauren Bacall, Bette Grable and Marilyn Monroe was released called How to Marry a Millionaire.  I got curious as to how much money it would take to equal the same net worth today so I did an inflation adjustment because I wanted to know how big their motivation was in the film. Turns out, someone who had $1 million in 1953 would have roughly $8 million today. That kind of asset base should generate cash dividends or interest of $34,000 per month without … [Read more...]

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Spicy Nachos with Jalapenos, Project Runway and Selma Blair

July 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Nachos with Jalapenos and Sour Creme 1

Tonight, Aaron and I had nachos with beef, sour creme, assorted cheeses, and enough jalapenos to make it burn as we watched the season premier of Project Runway. (Seems weird to say "tonight" because the sun was still up and it was light outside; gotta love summer.) The only thing that was more spicy than the food?  Selma Blair.  She didn't like one designer's work and remarked it looked like something you'd see at a weird sort of store in the mall with a name like "Dazzles!".  We were … [Read more...]

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It’s Officially an Epic Fail: The Tonight Show Ratings with Jay Leno Are Down to 1992 Levels

July 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Team Coco - The Conan O'Brien Ratings vs. Jay Leno Ratings for the Tonight Show

The ratings are in for The Tonight Show now that Jay Leno is back in control and ... you guessed it ... the show has tanked and is ranking the lowest it has since 1992.  The ratings are higher than low point of Conan O'Brien's show due to the large number of older viewers with the biggest drop for the new Leno incarnation coming from the (you guessed it again), 35 and under crowd. Why?  For the same reason that I, Aaron, my grandmother, and a lot of other people we know refuse to watch Leno … [Read more...]

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I’m In Love with the Millionaire South Korean Coffee Goddess Grandma

June 3, 2010 By 4 Comments
Do You Want a Loan Coffee Prince

Whenever we have a major project, there is always a television series or movie playing in the office.  It sort of serves as a deadline (e.g., "We need to get the new pen company launched by the end of the first three seasons of Friday Night Lights").  For us, it works amazingly well. Right now, we are watching a South Korean series that translates as "The First Shop of Coffee Prince", which is  a modern Victor/Victoria where a hardworking young girl is mistaken for a boy because she … [Read more...]

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